4th of July 2012

I'm a little late in posting on my blog, but I'll try to get caught up now.

We were able to spend the entire week of the 4th at the lake house (Sat - Sat).  It's so nice to be able to go there and just relax for a week.  This was the first time that Joey has been able to get into the lake and he loved it.  It was nice to see him playing in the water instead of watching from the boat. He still had to have his chemo shot, but we had Candice give it to him, so it was no problem. We did have to leave Wichita a day later than we would have because we had to have his labs done here on a certain day, but we still had plenty of time at the lake.

It was hot but it didn't seem too bad since we were usually in the water or inside.  The exception was the 2 days we spent at Silver Dollar City.  The kids hadn't been there in the summer before so it seemed like a different park from what they're used to.  I didn't get to ride much of anything, but it was still fun to watch everyone else have fun.

Joey and His Bike

Joey hasn't felt much like playing outside the last 2 summers and hadn't spent much time on his bike.  Since he's almost 7, we thought we should focus on teaching him how to ride without his training wheels. He was pretty scared at first but once he felt the balance just a little bit, he took off. 

Family Announcement

We will be adding another family member in December. This time, it's not a pet, but an actual baby:) Although sometimes I wonder if we're crazy for starting over again, we're excited to have a baby around again. The kids are both over the moon. It's already been fun to watch them, and it'll be nice to have extra helpers in the house.  My due date is actually Dec 24th, of all days, so we'll be having a Christmas baby.

I haven't been feeling well for the last 7 weeks or so, and I'm very ready to have the first trimester behind me in a couple of weeks. Being my 3rd, I'm already staring to need different clothes.  I'm not sure that is bodes well for how large I'm going to get.

We covet your prayers as we go through the pregnancy and the introduction of a new family dynamic.

Upward Soccer 2012

Katherine didn't play in Upward Soccer this year, but Joey did, and he was awesome. He's very aggressive and loves the game. He was very sad when it finished up for the year. His friend, Jesse, got to play also. It was great to see the both of them out on the field.

Wichita River Festival Sundown Parade

We've never actually been to the Sundown Parade before but we got the opportunity to be a part of it this year.  We joined with the DetermiNation team that is running the New York City Marathon this year and raising funds for the American Cancer Society.

"Nicki" is covered in names of people impacted by breast cancer.  Joey got to sign a helmet.  All of the equipment in the truck is pink - very cool.

LLS Fun

We got to spend an evening at Botanica with a group of LLS honored patients.

Memorial Day

We normally would have gone to the lake for the long weekend, but Joey wasn't up to it, so we stayed home with him and let Katherine go with Grandma.  We tried to make the weekend fun for him, but he wasn't really interested in doing much.  All 6 of the Star Wars movies have been on TV, so I recorded them on the DVR and we watched 3 of them. We also took him to see Avengers, which he loved.  He just wasn't feeling well.  He also have back pain that came and went, so he would watch the movies with ice on his back.

We even took him to a pool party, but he was only in the water for a few minutes and then he just sat and watched. 

He didn't feel well for about a week, but then perked back up and is doing much better now.